Rarely plays discs

Whenever i put in a disc of any kind my 360 only reads it when it wants to. when the tray closes you hear the disc spinning and the fan come on, but then it acts like there is no disc. the other night while i was trying to load oblivion it made a loud noise like something broke inside and slammed around inside the dvd rom. it scratched my brand new game to hell and im out 40 bucks. im too broke to pay microsoft $100 repair fee + another $100 to renew my warranty. Help me please

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Every body tells me to call microsoft about it but here what you do ok u need a new dvd drive and you can buy on e brand new on ebay for like 30 bucks i hade the same prob and then you gotta update your dvd drive and flash it

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Inspect and clean your disc Take a close look at the
bottom side of your game, movie, or music disc (the side without a label or
image). Are there scratches? Excessive scratches or smudges can prevent your
console from reading the disc. Clean your disc Hold the disc by
the edges without touching the top or bottom surfaces. Using a soft,
clean, slightly damp cloth, lightly wipe from the center of the disc outward.

· Note Use ONLY water to
clean the disc.

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Once the disc is clean, load the disc into your
console and see if the disc plays.

This most likley a weak laser .
8 mw 633 nm laser diodes fail in stages
as they get weaker the cd ups voltage
to the laser diode till you get to full gain, affter that
it's time for a new laser .Good news
there cheap 30.00-40.00 and not too
hard to swap out yourself .

what has most likely happened is that the magnet which holds disks in place has dis-lodged and is now stuck to the roof of the dvd drive. Unfortunately the only way to resolve this would be to open up the xbox 360 and open up the dvd drive to fix.

So if you're not confident at this or in doubt in any way I'd contact Microsoft first if it's still under warranty, if not then it's a case of opening up the drive yourself I'm afraid.

Note. Does the drive attempt to spin up when you put a disk in?

Or does it just make small noises then nothing except "open tray" on screen?